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Obama's Healthcare Ideas Receive A Cold Republican Shoulder
The February 25 meeting will be live on television, forcing Republicans to publicly justify their opposition to Obama's signature reform plan, which is now becalmed, with deep political implications for his presidency.
"If the point is to listen to Republican ideas and really consider them, the president's announcement is very welcome," said Senate Republican whip Jon Kyl.
But Kyl also hit out at indications that the White House has no intention of ditching its effort to pass a sweeping, comprehensive health care plan.
"Such preconditions suggest the White House is not serious about genuine negotiations," Kyl said.
"A large majority of the American people strongly oppose the Democrats? massive bill, and Republicans will not abandon them."
Obama's new gambit reflected an apparent acknowledgement that he will need at least some Republican votes to pass the historic measure, after Democrats last month lost their vital supermajority in the Senate.
But it was unclear whether he was ready to offer genuine compromises on the bogged-down plan, or was simply trying to paint Republican foes into a corner.
Obama unveiled the new strategy in a CBS interview Sunday as a record television audience tuned in for the Superbowl and previewed the political theater sure to develop during the meeting.
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